Sheep-feeding rack



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D. PHILLIPS.

SHEEP PEEDING RACK. N0. 335,384. Patented Feb. 2, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

DENZIL PHILLIPS, OF COCHRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHEEP-FEEolNG RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,384, dated February2, 1886.

A pplication filed March t), 1885.

T0 all w71 om it may concern:

Be it known that I, DENZIL PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cochranton, in the county of Crawford and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinSheep-Feeding Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of my invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in sheep-feeding racks, theobject being to provide a device of this character which may be readilyand quickly taken apart and folded, and which will occupy but a minimumamount of room.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sheep-feeding rackwhereby the animals will be prevented from wasting their feed, as isdone to a large extent in other racks.

With these ends in view the invention consists in theimprovedconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, andpointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a sheep-feeding rackconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalvertical section. Fig.3 is a transverse vertical section, and Fig. 4 isa perspective view showing the device folded.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the gures, A represents the rack,which is constructed as follows:

B B represent sides, which are each composed of a top and bottom rail,connected by a series of vertical bars, a, arranged a sufficientdistance apart to allow of access to the hay or other feed contained inthe rack. Secured to the ends of the side are end rails, C, the lowerends of which extend below the bottom rails of the sides.

C C2 represent supporting-legs, which are pivotally secured to the endrails midway the top and bottom rails of the sides B B, and saidsupporting-legs are pivotally connected at their upper ends by plates b.The upper ends of the supporting-legs are cut off on their inner sidesto form straight faces @,which, when Serial No. 1:38,*270. (Model.)

the rack is opened, as in Fig. l, bear against each other, and thusprevent the legs from spreading.

D represents the ends of the rack, which are removable therefrom, saidends consisting ot' the top and bottom strips, c c2, the top strip, c',being soniewhatlonger than the bottom strip,.c`i, said strips beingconnected by vertical bars d. which converge at their lower ends, thusholding the sides B B/in an inclined or converging position when theyare placed between said sides, so that thehay will be fed to the bottomof the rack, the bottom strips, c2, having notches or cuts on its upperside,near the ends thereof, which are adapted to be engaged by pinsf,projecting outwardly from the end rails, C

rIlhe top strip, c', is provided on its inner side, near the endsthereof, with vertical cuts or notches, which are adapted to be engagedby pins e, projecting upwardly from the top rails of the sides B B. Inapplying the ends they are placed between the sides, and the pins j'engaged with the notches of the bottom strip, ci, and the notches on thetop strip, c, forced into engagement with the pins e.

F represents the bottom of the rack, which is adapted, when placed inposition, to bear against the ends D, and thus hold said ends inengagement with the pins efnntil the bottom has been removed, when theends may also be removed by pulling the strip c from the pins f, andthen lifting the strip c from the pins e.

The bottom F consists ofthe two strips, g, secured together at theirupper ends and diverging, so that the bottom is of an inverted extendedV shape in cross-section, and secured between said strips, near theirends, are blocks h, which fit between the bottom rails ofthe sides, theends of the strips g resting on the upper sides of the bottom rails ofthe sides B B.

Pivoted at their inner ends between the lower ends of 'the end rails, C,are V-shaped troughs G, the outer ends of which, when the device is inuse, are supported by hooks h',

which engage eyes t' on the ends of the trough. 95

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To fold the device, the bottom is removed, and then the ends. Thetroughs are then lowered by detacliing the hooks from the eyes, whensaid troughs will, inasmuch as they are pivoted at their inner ends,swing under the trough. The sides may then be folded to gether and thesupporting-legs fold against y each other, as shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. The combination, with thesides, of the supporting-legs pivoted to the end rails thereof, platespivotally connecting the upper ends of said legs, the removable ends,and the removable bottom, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a feed-rack, with the folding sides,supporting-legs pivoted to the end rails thereof, and plates pivotallyconnecting the supportinglegs at the upper ends thereof, of theremovable ends and bottom, and the pivoted or hinged troughs arrangedalong the sides of the rack and adapted to be supported in a horizontalposition, substantially as set forth.

v3. The combination, with the sides having the extended end rails, andthe troughs pivoted between the same, of the supporting-legs pivoted tosaid rails and pivotally connected at their upper ends by metal plates,and the removable ends and bottom, substantially as set forth.

notches to engage the pins, and a bottom, as

set forth.

6. lIhe combination, in a feed-rack, with the sides, of theinverted-V-shaped trough supported upon the lower rails ot' the same,downwardly-extending blocks hat the ends of the trough, and theremovable ends, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with the sides and the pivoted supporting-legspivotally connected at their upper ends by metal plates, of theremovable inverted-V-shaped trough, the pins ef, and the removable endshaving notches to engage the same, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

DENZIL PHILLIPS.

Vitnesses:

GEO. W. ADAMS, L. BARR.

